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Post-natal emotion
There's a numbness with now That I can barely feel Its strength like Hercules rages through me As passion for life and action cease You...
Freyja Torn
Mar 10, 20201 min read
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Contraception discussion
Here's a thing: in my late teens and twenties I was just grand at taking the combined contraceptive pill, every single day for 3 weeks...
Freyja Torn
Mar 5, 20203 min read
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Dragging mumma
At 5 am I'm not ready to begin But there you are shooting from the covers like space matter Where is your catalyst? Assist me to find...
Freyja Torn
Feb 16, 20201 min read
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Jar full of dreams
Last night was a jar full of dreams A lidded case of sleep. The jar was empty for months As the rest didn't come And Tired knocked at my...
Freyja Torn
Feb 2, 20201 min read
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Baked therapy
Orbiting around the gifted wooden spoon Currants cling like stars to their poles, taking Hold to the infinite space of Stellar Make up:...
Freyja Torn
Jan 11, 20201 min read
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Automatic speaking: a revolution in oral exchange?
Do you find yourself editing what you say and to who? Akin to automatic writing I'm trying out a new voice for myself, or shall I say,...
Freyja Torn
Jan 10, 20203 min read
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Notes on a toddler
Busily you chase anything that moves, If you could live in a zoo, your days flitting from creature, to the climbing frame of nature:...
Freyja Torn
Jan 4, 20201 min read
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New year is nothing special, so why bother?
Anyone else really looking forward to Monday? Start of a new week where the main focus isn't 1000+ calories, and a static relationship to...
Freyja Torn
Dec 30, 20192 min read
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Rocking the festive nerve
It's proving harder than expected to move away from a version of Christmas I've always known and loved as my family and I eschew the...
Freyja Torn
Dec 15, 20192 min read
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I'm not okay. You're not okay. And that's okay.
I have hit a crisis point and I know I am not alone. In fact I know I am very much in an audience of good company: how does the saying...
Freyja Torn
Nov 18, 20193 min read
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Study break summer wipe out
Around the end of May my study year with OU (open university) ended and I was basically wiped out. Consciously, my mind was set on taking...
Freyja Torn
Sep 20, 20193 min read
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Back to school buzz
Anyone else feel a real buzz at this time of year? The leaves are curling into amber crisps, the still-bright days are cooler (and more...
Freyja Torn
Sep 2, 20191 min read
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Cloaked in Old Father Time
All seems a bit foggy right now, like the fog of all-that-is-serious has dressed me. Maybe I look the same as always on the exterior?...
Freyja Torn
Jun 30, 20192 min read
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Another man's junk, and all that tat
Another person's junk doth not make for any man's treasure... does it? The world of second-hand purchasing and hand-me-downs can be rife...
Freyja Torn
Jun 23, 20192 min read
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Infant University
When I discovered I was pregnant with Bb, other than being elated/ nervous/ ridiculously under prepared for a pretty dodgy pregnancy with...
Freyja Torn
Jun 6, 20193 min read
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Should we quit co-sleeping? And, hello old fiend...
When we moved into our new (to us) rental property Bb was roughly 6 months old, and set to move into his own bedroom. 2 months in, we're...
Freyja Torn
Apr 28, 20192 min read
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Why Dungarees?
They are practical- hundreds of pockets for: wipes, spare nappy, food pouches, banana (ultimate mum AND baby/ toddler snack). You can...
Freyja Torn
Apr 23, 20191 min read
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The cafe days are over
They told me it would come... naturally I didn't really believe them... naturally I was wrong. Ah those "blissful", newborn days....
Freyja Torn
Apr 7, 20193 min read
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Is it ok to enjoy the silence?
Since returning to work a couple of weeks ago I've noticed how much quieter my Mondays through to Wednesday's are (the days my mum grabs...
Freyja Torn
Mar 23, 20192 min read
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Express yourself
Much like the majority of this process (new motherhood) expressing at work is a new phase I've blindly stumbled into. It is challenging...
Freyja Torn
Mar 17, 20193 min read
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